That handbrake trick! Man I have not done that since the 70s when I owned an old pizza delviery VW Bug (a 1965 one at that!). I did love the Bug for gettting around in the snow, but without a gas heater I almost froze to death in the winter!
Only rain in Vancouver -- nice....but ya can still go up in the mountains and get a bit of snow to satisfy any Christmas feelings -- right? Just saw Vancouver again last night -- but it was in another movie "Paycheck" with Ben Affleck -- I recognized it right away, even though I have only been there once. They actually had to shoot the motorcycle chase scene with wet streets -- yep, you guessed it! 'Cause it kept raining all the time!
Happy New Year!
Bill